You may have read Valis after reading the comic by Robert Crumb, which is the same way I was lead to read it after picking up a random Crumb anthology in a comic store. I think it's one of his best books, sort of brutal self reflection with a desperate grasp for meaning. His last book, Timothy Archer, which Ursula LeGuinn praised, does a great job of taking these themes out of the sort of self-centered obsession of Valis and has the best characterization Dick ever made with its protagonist, and explores his regular themes in a realist setting, I found it just beautiful.
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You may have read Valis after reading the comic by Robert Crumb, which is the same way I was lead to read it after picking up a random Crumb anthology in a comic store. I think it's one of his best books, sort of brutal self reflection with a desperate grasp for meaning.
His last book, Timothy Archer, which Ursula LeGuinn praised, does a great job of taking these themes out of the sort of self-centered obsession of Valis and has the best characterization Dick ever made with its protagonist, and explores his regular themes in a realist setting, I found it just beautiful.
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